Suspender-buckle



(No Model.)

F. H. RICHARDS.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

No. 435,450; Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF HARTFORD, ASSIGN ORTO THE TRAUT & HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,450, dated.September 2, 1890.

Application filed May 1, 1890. Serial No. 350,233. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles .for suspenders, and to that class ofsuspender buckles having cast-offs, the object being to provide a buckleof that class which shall be simple in construction, cheaplymanufactured, and readily operated. The invention is in the nature of amodification or improvement on the buckle described and claimed in myapplication, Serial No. 350,232, filed May 1, 1890.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front or side View of a buckle embodying my presentimprovements. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same drawn in projectionwith Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the middle of thebuckle. Fig. 4.- is a cross-sectional view of the buckle in line a a,Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows three views in projection with each other of thestrap-carrying tube or thimble. Fig. 6 is a View similar to a part ofFig. 1, showing a modification of the hanger and thimble. Fig. 7 is anedge view of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a sectional. view inline b b, Fig. 7.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

The buckle-plate B is provided with the usual holding-teeth, as 7, Fig.3, for engaging the web 3 of the Suspender, with meansas the lever L,carried on pivots 4 4 formed on the plate-for clamping the web 3 inengagement with said teeth to secure the plate to said web, and withmeans for carrying the elastic hanger S, said means consisting in asuspension-hook, as 10, and oppositely-disposed side catches 6 and 8engaging the two sides 16 and 18, respectively, of said hanger S.

For carrying the usual straps, as 11 and 13, I provide the tube orthimble 30, to which the straps may be attached in any convenientmanner-as, for instance, by inclosing said thimble by the leathercoupling-piece M, se cured to the straps in a well-known manner.

Said thimble 30 is carried by the inwardly projecting lower ends 31 and33 of the sides 16 and 18, respectively, of the hanger. The ends 31 33fit freely in the said thimble, so that by grasping the said hanger onthe outer edges thereof, it maybe closed by sliding said ends towardeach other for the purpose of un hooking the hanger sides 16 and 18 fromthe aforesaid catches 6 and 8.

-For the purpose of locking the hanger in place, I form in each sidethereof the abrupt bend 2 close underneath said catches 6 and 8, asfully described and claimed in my aforesaid application, Serial No.350,232, filed May 1, 1890. Between said bends'2 and the aforesaid ends31 33, engaging the thimble 30,1 form a short portion of the hanger S,to serve as thumb-pieces 9 9, conveniently arranged to be grasped whenthe hanger is to be removed. Each of the ends 31 33 is provided withastop 34 36, respectively, for limiting the outward movement of thesides 16 and 18 when the hanger is removed from the plate B. In thepreferred form of the buckle shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the said stopsstand within the slot 35, which is formed in the lower side of thethimble, the closed ends 37, Fig. 5, forming the abutment for saidstops. The hanger S is or may be made of suitable spring-wire and inpractice of about the proportions shown in the drawings. The thimble 40may be made of tubing or of suitable sheet metal.

When the cast-01f feature of the buckle is to be used, the user graspsthe hanger by the bends 9 9, and closes together the sides thereof untilsaid sides disengage from the catches 6 and 8, when the lower end of thehanger may be drawn forward of said catches, and the hanger then liftedoff the hook 10, thereby completing the separation of the two principalparts of the buckle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a buckle, thecombination, with the buckle-plate having a suspension-hook and sidecatches, of the hanger engaging and carried by said hook and catches andhaving the inwardly-proj ecting lower ends, and the strapsupportingthimble carried on said ends, said ends being adapted to slide withinsaid thim- 10 as described.

3. I11 a buckle, the combination, with the buckle-plate 1:,6r the hangercarried on said plate, substantially as described, and having the ends31 and 33 each furnished with a stop, and the thimble 30, inclosing saidends I 5 and having the slot engaging said stops, substantially asdescribed.

FRANCIS I-I. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

HENRY L. RECKARD, W; M. BJORKMAN.

